To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; marshal; draw up in hostile order: often used figuratively.To deck or dress; adorn with dress, especially with dress of an ornamental kind.In law, to set (a jury) in order for the trial of a cause; to call (the jury) man by man.To envelop; wrap.Synonyms To arrange, range, marshal, draw up.Adorn, Ornament, Decorate, etc. (see adorn); clothe, invest.n. Regular order or arrangement; disposition in regular lines; specifically, disposition of a body of men for attack or defense: as, troops in battle array.n. An orderly collection or assemblage; especially, a body of men in order of battle or prepared for battle; hence, military force; soldiery; troops.n. A display; an imposing series of things exhibited.n. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; raiment or apparel.n. Preparation; special arrangement of things.n. Situation; circumstances; position; plight.n. In law: The body of persons summoned to serve upon a jury. The act of impaneling a jury; that is, the act of the proper officer setting a jury in order for the trial of a cause, or calling it man by man. The jury impaneled.n. Formerly, in England, the muster of a county for military purposes; the men so mustered: as, a commission of array. See commission.n. In mathematics, a collection of quantities arranged in a rectangular block; a matrix.n. In statistics, the values of one variable which are correlated with a certain, definite value of another variable. See correlation, 5.